Laphroaig Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky 10 Year Old [1000ml]
DISCOVER THE DISTINCTIVE TASTE OF LAPHROAIG SCOTCH WHISKY.
It’s aged for ten years, and distilled following the traditions laid down over the last 200 years by a succession of passionate and skilled master distillers. This is a truly classic single malt Scotch, made from malted barley which is first cold-smoked and then dried over a peat fire.
The smoke from the unique Islay peat gives Laphroaig its particular rich flavor. This peated whisky is renowned for its bold, smoky taste, followed by a hint of seaweed and a surprising sweetness. Full-bodied with a long finish, it truly embodies the quintessential Laphroaig character.
The quintessential Islay malt with flavors of peat smoke and salt
Distilled the same way today as it was at creation over 75 years ago
Full-bodied and smoky with hints of seaweed and sweetness
A truly distinctive whisky, it embodies the Laphroaig house style
2019 San Francisco World Spirits Awards Gold
Tasting Note
Nose: This opens on big, smoky muscular peat notes. There are spices, and liquorice, as well as a big dose of salt. This whisky has become slightly sweeter in recent years, and it appears beautifully on the nose, amidst the classic iodine/sticking plasters and cool wood smoke we love.
Palate: Seaweed-led, with a hint of vanilla ice cream and more than a whiff of notes from the first aid box (TCP, plasters etc). The oak is big, and muscles its way into the fore as you hold this whisky over your tongue. An upsurge of spices develop – cardamom/black pepper/chilli.
Finish: Big and drying, as the savoury, tarry notes build up with an iodine complexity.
Overall: The only malt from Laphroaig’s range that John Campbell recommends with water; try it, it opens up the palate massively, providing a dazzling array of additional flavours…
43% ABV
Laphroaig Four Oak Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky [1000ml]
First released for the Travel Retail market, Laphroaig Four Oak features a marriage of whisky matured in a quartet of casks, namely ex-bourbon barrels, quarter casks, virgin American oak barrels and European oak hogsheads. Somewhat following on the theme from their popular Triple Wood expression...
Tasting Note
Nose: Roasted coffee beans, almond pastries, sawdust and medicinal peat.
Palate: An intense waft of smoke as it opens, with earthy vanilla pod and subtle cookie dough following it up.
Finish: Drying, quite spicy and long.
40% ABV